Source: REACH Initiative
Country: Iraq
CONTEXT
December 2017 marked the end of major military operations in Iraq against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). While more than 4 million returns have been recorded as of September 2018, almost 2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) remain, of whom 71% reside outside of formal camps.1 Moreover, secondary displacement and new arrivals to formal camps2 signal the tenuous nature of some returns. Therefore, although recovery effo